MOTION COMPENSATED IMAGE-GUIDED FOCUSED ULTRASOUND THERAPY SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An image-guided therapy system, comprising:
- a thermal treatment device configured for transmitting a therapeutic energy beam;
an imaging device configured for acquiring images of the target tissue mass and the thermal treatment device;
a controller configured for controlling thermal dose properties of the thermal treatment device to focus the energy beam on a target tissue mass located in an internal body region of a patient; and
a processor configured for tracking respective positions of the thermal treatment device and the target tissue mass in a common coordinate system based on the acquired images.
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Abstract
An image-guide therapy system comprises a thermal treatment device (e.g., an ultrasound transducer) configured for transmitting a therapeutic energy beam, and The system further comprises an imaging device (e.g., a magnetic resonant imaging (MRI) device) configured for acquiring images of the target tissue mass and the thermal treatment device. The system further comprises a controller configured for controlling thermal dose properties of the thermal treatment device to focus the energy beam on a target tissue mass located in an internal body region of a patient, and a processor configured for tracking respective positions of the thermal treatment device and the target tissue mass in a common coordinate system based on the acquired images. The system may optionally comprise a display configured for displaying the acquired images.
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24 Claims
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1. An image-guided therapy system, comprising:
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a thermal treatment device configured for transmitting a therapeutic energy beam; an imaging device configured for acquiring images of the target tissue mass and the thermal treatment device; a controller configured for controlling thermal dose properties of the thermal treatment device to focus the energy beam on a target tissue mass located in an internal body region of a patient; and a processor configured for tracking respective positions of the thermal treatment device and the target tissue mass in a common coordinate system based on the acquired images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An image-guided therapy system, comprising:
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a thermal treatment device configured for transmitting an energy beam having a focal zone; an imaging device configured for acquiring images of the target tissue mass; a controller configured for controlling thermal dose properties of the thermal treatment device to locate the focal zone of the energy beam coincident with a target tissue mass located in an internal body region of a patient; and a processor configured for tracking relative non-periodic movement between the focal zone of the energy beam and the target tissue mass in real-time based on the acquired images. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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